Improvement in ironing apparatus



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N H A L L. Ironing-Apparatus.

Patented June 22,1875.

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ATTEST:

THE GRAPHIC Gil-PHOTO -LITH.39 8=4I PARK PLACE,N.Y.

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N. HALL.

- Ironing-Apparatus. N0.\64,832. Patentedlune22,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEHEMIAH HALL, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHTTO BERNHARD HUND, OF SAME PLACE, AND HORACE A. STEPHENS, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING APPARATUS.

Specification formng part of Letters Patent No. I 64,832, dated June 22,1875; application filed February 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEHEMIAII HALL, of Belleville, in the county of St.Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification:

My improvement relates to that class of ironing-machines in which thetable is made to have reciprocatory motion beneath an iron which isarranged to be raised at will from the ironing-table.

The first part consists in the combination with the said frame andspring with a treadle by which the iron is brought in contact with theclothes with any desired force, and com bined with a rack by which thetreadle is held down, the flexibility of the parts allowing of thetreadle being engaged with either tooth of the rack, so as to regulatethe pressure of the iron upon the garment.

The second part consists in combining with the ironingbOard, rollers,placed contiguously and rigidly attached at each edge to allow the easylateral movement ofgarments lapping around the edges of the table.

The third part consists in combining a carriage with an ironing-board,said ironingboard being supported at one end upon a leg or bracket whichallows the other end of the board to be slightly raised to free it froma falling support at the other end, said falling support having suitablepins for entering the board, thus forming in connection with the bracketa rigid support at each end of the carriage.

The latter part consists in the combination of the tablecarriage,supported by grooved rollers on rail-tracks, and the operating cograckand cog-wheel, with a shield arranged between the operator and thegearing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective View of my machine.Fig. 2 is a transverse section, showing the iron and its operatingmechanism in elevation.

A is the bed-frame of the machine. B B are rails on which thetable-carriage I) is supported'by means of grooved wheels 0, havlngjournal-bearing in the carriage and running on the rails. The carriagehas sideboards d d, serving to prevent the lateral spreading of thegarments which are being ironed and their consequent entanglement withthe operating mechanism of the carriage and the iron. E is an uprightboard hinged at e, tothe bottom board of the carriage and supporting oneend of the table F. The other end of the table is sustained, when theiron is in use, by the'falling support G, hinged at g g, to thecarriage, and so arranged with respect to the table that when thesupport is folded down the end of the table is left free to pass throughany such garment as a skirt, having no open side. In this case the tableis sustained by the support E only. The falling support, when raised andbeneath the end of the table, may be held up by a button or catch, or bypins upon its upper edge engaging with the table. Upon the edges of thetable are rollers H, to facilitate the lateral movement of any garmentextending around the edges. At one side of the carriage is a cog-rack,I, with which engages a spur-wheel, J, on a crank-shaft, K, havingjournal-bearing on the bed-frame A. By the means of this cog-gearing thecarriage receives endwise reciprocation to carry the articles ofclothing beneath the iron L. The iron is supported by hinges on to theends of curved bars M. These bars pass through guide-sockets N fixed tothe frame A. The sliding-bars M end below in a single arm, 0, connectedby a pitman, P, to the treadle It, so that when the treadle is forceddownward the iron is forced down with it, and the frame M M N, as willbe readily seen by reference to Fig. 2. The treadle, when the foot isremoved from it, is raised by a spring, S, having sufficient strength tolift the free end of the treadle and with it the frame M M N and iron L.T is a pendent bar having a ratchet-rack, t, whose teeth engage thetreadle when depressed and hold it down. There is sufficient elasticityin the treadle and frame M M N to allow the treadle to be carried downto engage with the different teeth of the ratchet, according to thepressure desired upon the article being ironed. U is a guard in frontofthe coggearing I J, to protect the operator and the articles beingironed from injury. This may be formed in any desired manner. As shown,it has a supporting-bar attached to the frame A, and to which and theframe is attached the wire-work webbing. I prefer to form the iron witha plating of nickel to prevent corrosion, and this plating may extendover the Whole of the iron, ifpreferred.

1 clai1n v 1. The combination of iron L, curved supports M M,socket-plate, N, treadle R, central spring S, and pendant T, having rackt, as

and for the purpose set forth.

2. The ironing-board F, having rollers H

